Optimizing water relations, gas exchange parameters, biochemical attributes and yield of water-stressed maize plants through seed priming with iron oxide nanoparticles.

ABSTRACT: Drought poses significant risks to maize cultivation by impairing plant growth, water uptake and yield; nano priming offers a promising avenue to mitigate these effects by enhancing plant water relations, stress tolerance and overall productivity. In the current experiment, we tested a hypothesis that seed priming with iron oxide nanoparticles (n-Fe₂O₃) can improve maize performance under water stress by improving its growth, water relations, yield and biochemical attributes. The experiment was conducted on a one main plot bisected into two subplots corresponding to the water and drought environments. Within each subplot, maize plants were raised from n-Fe₂O₃ primed seeds corresponding to 0 mg. L^- 1 (as control treatment), 25, 50, 75,

SUBMITTER: Mazhar MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11218355 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature